“Hitch Begins”
By Raymond Benson
The British silent film period of director Alfred Hitchcock is simultaneously interesting and frustrating. It’s the former because it allows one to view a genius at the very beginning of his career—the kernels of motifs and themes, as well as stylistic choices, can be spotted and analyzed. It’s the latter because only one or two of the nine silent pictures he made are truly memorable and most are available today solely as poor quality public domain transfers.
The Criterion Collection has just released a bang-up, marvelous new edition of Hitchcock’s most celebrated silent work, The Lodger—A Story of the London Fog. The disk also contains one of the rarer silent titles, Downhill (also 1927), which might be reason enough for Hitchcock enthusiasts to purchase the package.
A bit of history: Hitchcock was working for Gainsborough Pictures under the auspices of Michael Balcon...
By Raymond Benson
The British silent film period of director Alfred Hitchcock is simultaneously interesting and frustrating. It’s the former because it allows one to view a genius at the very beginning of his career—the kernels of motifs and themes, as well as stylistic choices, can be spotted and analyzed. It’s the latter because only one or two of the nine silent pictures he made are truly memorable and most are available today solely as poor quality public domain transfers.
The Criterion Collection has just released a bang-up, marvelous new edition of Hitchcock’s most celebrated silent work, The Lodger—A Story of the London Fog. The disk also contains one of the rarer silent titles, Downhill (also 1927), which might be reason enough for Hitchcock enthusiasts to purchase the package.
A bit of history: Hitchcock was working for Gainsborough Pictures under the auspices of Michael Balcon...
- 6/29/2017
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Hitchcock’s first self-professed ‘Hitch’ picture is still a winner. Many of his recurring themes are present, and some of his visual fluidity – in this finely tuned commercial ‘shock’ movie with witty visual tricks from Hitchcock’s own background as an art director. And hey, he secured a real box office name to star as the mysterious maybe-slayer, ‘The Avenger.’
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 885
1927 / B&W + Color tints / 1:33 Silent Ap / 91 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen.
Cinematography: Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Film Editor + titles: Ivor Montagu
Assistant director: Alma Reville
Written by Eliot Stannard from the book by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Produced by Michael Balcon and Carlyle Blackwell
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock became the most notable English film director for all the right reasons — he was talented and creative,...
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 885
1927 / B&W + Color tints / 1:33 Silent Ap / 91 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date June 27, 2017 / 39.95
Starring: Ivor Novello, June Tripp, Marie Ault, Arthur Chesney, Malcolm Keen.
Cinematography: Gaetano di Ventimiglia
Film Editor + titles: Ivor Montagu
Assistant director: Alma Reville
Written by Eliot Stannard from the book by Marie Belloc Lowndes
Produced by Michael Balcon and Carlyle Blackwell
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock became the most notable English film director for all the right reasons — he was talented and creative,...
- 6/13/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Although I saw it last year in Morelia's Arturo de Cordova retrospective, I find the opportunity to see "The Kneeling Goddess," starring María Félix as well as de Cordova, irresistible, at the Morelia International Film Festival. It's an amazing melodrama with noirish elements. Felix, something of a glorious amalgam of Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner, is literally statuesque, in that a nude statue of her figures prominently in both the plot and many shots. Steven Jacobs and Lisa Colpaert, authors of "The Dark Galleries," about the paintings used in film noir and gothic melodramas, are working on another book about statues. I commend "The Kneeling Goddess" to their attention, along with Rouben Mamoulian's "The Song of Songs," with its statue of a nude Marlene Dietrich. I especially enjoy the sequences set in a fantasy sailor's dive bar in Panama, where Felix is the singing star of a lavish revue.
- 10/24/2014
- by Meredith Brody
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sure, the goal of all sequels is to make things bigger, badder and better than the previous movie, but that doesn't always necessarily mean smarter too. And in the case of "Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes," it seems the filmmakers are bringing some real intensity to the followup that continues to look more promising with each passing moment. A new clip has arrived, and while it's probably more spoilery than we'd like, it's pretty gritty stuff. The scene focuses on Koba, an ape you might remember from the close of "Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes," the one who kills David Oyelowo's Steven Jacobs. Well, as you'll see here, he's back and meaner than ever, and his compassion for humans—which was never strong to start with, given that Koba was a test ape his whole life—is perhaps even less so now. You will see dead people.
- 6/20/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Qantas is building a life-sized aircraft out of sand in a publicity stunt to mark its return to the Gold Coast.
Qantas suspended flights to Gold Coast in 2008, making way for its low-cost carrier JetStar.
The sand sculpture, which takes the shape of a Qantas B737-800 with a flight deck, six rows of seats, pilots and passengers, is being sculpted at Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney.
Channel Nine weatherman Steve Jacobs and Dame Edna feature in the sculpture, which will be around until this Friday, 8 February.
Sydney agency Wonder was behind the campaign.
A competition is running alongside the stunt, with Qantas giving its Facebook fans the chance to win flights to the Gold Coast by answering the question, in 25 words or less: “why you would like to go the Gold Coast on your next Holiday.”
Qantas is also launching a retail offer, flying customers from Sydney to...
Qantas suspended flights to Gold Coast in 2008, making way for its low-cost carrier JetStar.
The sand sculpture, which takes the shape of a Qantas B737-800 with a flight deck, six rows of seats, pilots and passengers, is being sculpted at Customs House, Circular Quay in Sydney.
Channel Nine weatherman Steve Jacobs and Dame Edna feature in the sculpture, which will be around until this Friday, 8 February.
Sydney agency Wonder was behind the campaign.
A competition is running alongside the stunt, with Qantas giving its Facebook fans the chance to win flights to the Gold Coast by answering the question, in 25 words or less: “why you would like to go the Gold Coast on your next Holiday.”
Qantas is also launching a retail offer, flying customers from Sydney to...
- 2/6/2013
- by Robin Hicks
- Encore Magazine
Toronto International Film Festival. Glenn is in Australia but he's seen Monday's premiere "Lore".
Australia isn’t a regular player in the Academy’s annual game of Best Foreign Language Film. We’ve only submitted five films prior to 2012: Clara Law’s Floating Life (1996), which I have never seen; Steve Jacobs’ La Spagnola (2001), which is fun, if slight, immigrant comedy; Rolf de Heer’s Ten Canoes (2006) a fabulous film that was the first ever filmed in native Aboriginal dialects; Tony Ayres’ The Home Song Stories (2007), which features an incredible performance by Joan Chen; and Samson & Delilah (2009), Warwick Thornton’s groundbreaking indigenous drama about two teens escaping their remote lives only to stumble upon tragedy at every turn. Thornton’s film was the closest Australia has ever come to snagging a nomination, having managed to find a spot on the nine-wide shortlist. As great as that film was, however, its...
Australia isn’t a regular player in the Academy’s annual game of Best Foreign Language Film. We’ve only submitted five films prior to 2012: Clara Law’s Floating Life (1996), which I have never seen; Steve Jacobs’ La Spagnola (2001), which is fun, if slight, immigrant comedy; Rolf de Heer’s Ten Canoes (2006) a fabulous film that was the first ever filmed in native Aboriginal dialects; Tony Ayres’ The Home Song Stories (2007), which features an incredible performance by Joan Chen; and Samson & Delilah (2009), Warwick Thornton’s groundbreaking indigenous drama about two teens escaping their remote lives only to stumble upon tragedy at every turn. Thornton’s film was the closest Australia has ever come to snagging a nomination, having managed to find a spot on the nine-wide shortlist. As great as that film was, however, its...
- 9/8/2012
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Development continues on "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes", the 20th Century Fox sequel to the 2011 feature "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", set to open during the 2014 Us Memorial Day weekend .
Filmed in Vancouver, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", budgeted at $93 million, earned a box office gross of $481,800,873 worldwide, ...which ain't exactly peanuts :
"...'Will Rodman' (James Franco) is a scientist at biotechnology company 'Gen-Sys' who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease and is testing a new gene therapy drug on chimpanzees. The drug, a modified virus, mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence.
" A female chimp who believes her baby is being threatened goes on a rampage and is shot by security guards. Will's boss 'Steven Jacobs' (David Oyelowo) subsequently orders chimp handler 'Robert Franklin' (Tyler Labine) to euthanize the remaining test chimpanzees.
Filmed in Vancouver, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", budgeted at $93 million, earned a box office gross of $481,800,873 worldwide, ...which ain't exactly peanuts :
"...'Will Rodman' (James Franco) is a scientist at biotechnology company 'Gen-Sys' who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease and is testing a new gene therapy drug on chimpanzees. The drug, a modified virus, mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence.
" A female chimp who believes her baby is being threatened goes on a rampage and is shot by security guards. Will's boss 'Steven Jacobs' (David Oyelowo) subsequently orders chimp handler 'Robert Franklin' (Tyler Labine) to euthanize the remaining test chimpanzees.
- 8/12/2012
- by M. Stevens
- SneakPeek
For the first time since silent movies, New York City is giving Hollywood a run for its money.According to a recent study from the Boston Consulting Group, film and television production in New York City is the largest in the city's history. The film and TV industry now employs 130,000 people in New York, an increase of 30,000 jobs since 2004. In 2011, 23 TV shows were shot in New York, compared with only nine a decade ago; at least 13 pilots were filmed in the city this spring. And 2012 is on track to be the busiest year for television production in city history, according to Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Media and Entertainment Commissioner Katherine Oliver.At least six new prime-time shows will be "Made in N.Y." this year. NBC's new mid-season detective series "Infamous," being cast by Bonnie Finnegan and Steven Jacobs of Finnegan Jacobs Casting, begins shooting in...
- 7/11/2012
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Lehman)
- backstage.com
20th Century Fox have scheduled a Us Memorial Day 2014 release for the "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" sequel, "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes".
Filmed in Vancouver, the 2011 release "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", budgeted at $93 million, earned an estimated box office gross of $481,800,873 worldwide :
"...'Will Rodman' (James Franco) is a scientist at biotechnology company 'Gen-Sys' who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease and is testing a new gene therapy drug on chimpanzees. The drug, a modified virus, mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence.
" A female chimp who believes her baby is being threatened goes on a rampage and is shot by security guards. Will's boss 'Steven Jacobs' (David Oyelowo) subsequently orders chimp handler 'Robert Franklin' (Tyler Labine) to euthanize the remaining test chimpanzees. Franklin cannot bring himself to kill the baby...
Filmed in Vancouver, the 2011 release "Rise of the Planet of the Apes", budgeted at $93 million, earned an estimated box office gross of $481,800,873 worldwide :
"...'Will Rodman' (James Franco) is a scientist at biotechnology company 'Gen-Sys' who has been trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease and is testing a new gene therapy drug on chimpanzees. The drug, a modified virus, mutates the chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence.
" A female chimp who believes her baby is being threatened goes on a rampage and is shot by security guards. Will's boss 'Steven Jacobs' (David Oyelowo) subsequently orders chimp handler 'Robert Franklin' (Tyler Labine) to euthanize the remaining test chimpanzees. Franklin cannot bring himself to kill the baby...
- 6/1/2012
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
This is the beginning of our end as we welcome our intelligent ape masters. What surprised is that this Apes film actually turned into a surprise hit. Dr. Will Rodman (James Franco) is desperately working on a drug that he hopes will cure Alzheimer.s. He has a personal reason as his father Charles (John Lithgow) is succumbing to the disease. He has been testing his new serum, Alz-112, on a chimp named Bright Eyes and the results are spectacular as she has improved intelligence. Will and his boss Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) are presented the board their findings to get more funding when Bright Eyes goes berserk. Will.s formula is questioned and it looks like the project...
- 12/14/2011
- by Jeff Swindoll
- Monsters and Critics
To mark the release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes on Blu-ray this Monday 12th December, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment have given us three copies of the movie to give away to you lovely people on Blu-ray Triple Play. If that wasn’t enough, the winners will also receive a signed poster with signatures from Andy Serkis, Rupert Wyatt and Dan Lemmon! Not bad eh!!
James Franco (127 Hours) stars as Will Rodman, a neuroscientist living in San Francisco trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer’s disease by testing on chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence. After a test subject’s baby, Caesar, is orphaned, Will decides to raise him at home on his own with his Alzheimer-stricken father (John Lithgow; “Dexter”). What begins simply as a continuation of his experiment quickly turns into a problem for Will, as Caesar is taken away from him...
James Franco (127 Hours) stars as Will Rodman, a neuroscientist living in San Francisco trying to develop a cure for Alzheimer’s disease by testing on chimpanzees, giving them a human level of intelligence. After a test subject’s baby, Caesar, is orphaned, Will decides to raise him at home on his own with his Alzheimer-stricken father (John Lithgow; “Dexter”). What begins simply as a continuation of his experiment quickly turns into a problem for Will, as Caesar is taken away from him...
- 12/9/2011
- by Competitons
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
When we last saw David Oyelowo, he played as the greedy Steven Jacobs in Rise of the Planet of the Apes and in the surprise summer hit The Help. Now David Oyelowo has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln. Oyelowo is now heading to Virginia where Spielberg is currently shooting Lincoln (no not that kind of shooting). The actor is also concurrently shooting Christopher McQuarrie’s adaptation of Lee Child’s One Shot with Tom Cruise. Oyelowo will play the role of a cavalryman.
Oyelowo has wrapped shooting the Lee Daniels-directed The Paperboy, where he plays as the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who teams with another reporter to investigate the possible wrongful conviction of a murderer. Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack and Nicole Kidman also star. Oyelowo can next be seen in the George Lucas-produced Red Tails. The actor has already appeared in some of the best films of the year,...
Oyelowo has wrapped shooting the Lee Daniels-directed The Paperboy, where he plays as the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who teams with another reporter to investigate the possible wrongful conviction of a murderer. Matthew McConaughey, John Cusack and Nicole Kidman also star. Oyelowo can next be seen in the George Lucas-produced Red Tails. The actor has already appeared in some of the best films of the year,...
- 11/18/2011
- by Mike Lee
- FusedFilm
Nietzsche's lament could easily apply to this anthropocentric film that does nothing to advance the cause of animal rights
Humans can't get enough of animals – literally and figuratively. While we continue to utilise animals and their parts in ever increasing numbers and in innovative ways, we also think, write and talk about animals arguably more than ever before. There is even a new, cross-disciplinary field of research, Human-Animal Studies.
It comes as no real surprise, then, that popular culture reflects this interest in its most recent animal-based offering, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's also no surprise that a film about apes rebelling against human oppression and rising up to secure their freedom has been heralded by the animal rights and protection communities.
According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) – which lauds the movie for not using live animals and for portraying apes as the...
Humans can't get enough of animals – literally and figuratively. While we continue to utilise animals and their parts in ever increasing numbers and in innovative ways, we also think, write and talk about animals arguably more than ever before. There is even a new, cross-disciplinary field of research, Human-Animal Studies.
It comes as no real surprise, then, that popular culture reflects this interest in its most recent animal-based offering, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It's also no surprise that a film about apes rebelling against human oppression and rising up to secure their freedom has been heralded by the animal rights and protection communities.
According to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) – which lauds the movie for not using live animals and for portraying apes as the...
- 8/19/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
I love, love, love "Rise of the Planet of the Apes." It's one of the best sci-fi action films of the year and that's largely due to Andy Serkis' affecting performance as the rising simian leader Caesar. From his portrayal of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" films to Kong in "King Kong" to Caesar in "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," Serkis knows how to infuse heart to his characters.
In this interview, we talked about:
*** His attraction to making "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
*** How he differentiates Cesar from his previous roles
*** How he injects heart to his character
*** Is he a fan of the original "Planet of the Apes?"
*** Working in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit"
To watch my movie review of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," click here.
Here's more info on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes...
In this interview, we talked about:
*** His attraction to making "Rise of the Planet of the Apes"
*** How he differentiates Cesar from his previous roles
*** How he injects heart to his character
*** Is he a fan of the original "Planet of the Apes?"
*** Working in Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit"
To watch my movie review of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," click here.
Here's more info on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes...
- 8/12/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The new "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" isn't connected in any concrete way to the original five film series that ran from 1968 to 1973 or Tim Burton's reboot from 2001. But even though "Rise" establishes its own, new continuity (of the apes), it still contains a ton of references, shout-outs and easter eggs to its old school brethren (or simian, in this case). Here are all the ones this long-time "Ape" fan caught. And be aware that this piece may contains extensive Spoilers for every film in the series.
1. Character Names (of the Apes)
Most of the main cast of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are named with a wink to the past. The leader of the ape rebellion, Caesar (Andy Serkis) shares his moniker with the similar character, played by Roddy McDowell, from "Conquest of" and "Battle For the Planet of the Apes." Scientists at the...
1. Character Names (of the Apes)
Most of the main cast of "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" are named with a wink to the past. The leader of the ape rebellion, Caesar (Andy Serkis) shares his moniker with the similar character, played by Roddy McDowell, from "Conquest of" and "Battle For the Planet of the Apes." Scientists at the...
- 8/8/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
To read my movie review, click here.
Here's more info on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" from Yahoo:
A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Also Known As: Caesar (Fox)
Untitled Planet of the Apes Prequel
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
Release Date: August 5th, 2011 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence.
Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Co.: Chernin Entertainment
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Filming Locations: Mammoth Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Produced in: United States
Cast & Crew
Starring:
James Franco -- Will Rodman
Freida Pinto -- Caroline Aranha
John Lithgow -- Charles Rodman
Brian Cox -- John Landon
Tom Felton -- Dodge Landon
David Oyelowo -- Steven Jacobs
Tyler Labine -- Franklin
Jamie Harris...
Here's more info on "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" from Yahoo:
A single act of both compassion and arrogance leads to a war unlike any other -- and to the Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes.
Also Known As: Caesar (Fox)
Untitled Planet of the Apes Prequel
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama and Science Fiction/Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hr. 50 min.
Release Date: August 5th, 2011 (wide)
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense and frightening sequences of action and violence.
Distributors: 20th Century Fox Distribution
Production Co.: Chernin Entertainment
Studios: 20th Century Fox
Filming Locations: Mammoth Studios, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Produced in: United States
Cast & Crew
Starring:
James Franco -- Will Rodman
Freida Pinto -- Caroline Aranha
John Lithgow -- Charles Rodman
Brian Cox -- John Landon
Tom Felton -- Dodge Landon
David Oyelowo -- Steven Jacobs
Tyler Labine -- Franklin
Jamie Harris...
- 8/5/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Until it succumbs to blockbuster-itis, and its sister virus Reboot Syndrome, Rise of the Planet of the Apes forges its own distinctive trail, powered by smart choices, good direction by Rupert Wyatt, and splendid-looking creatures. And by that point, it's built up such a propulsive head of steam that you may embrace its excesses. It's a clever take on an origin myth, one that appears to have been influenced as much by the true story behind Project Nim and the cautionary aspects of Hollow Man as by its rebellious forefather, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes. Will (James Franco) is a research scientist at Gen Sys, a giant pharmaceutical company that is obsessed by profits, as Will's boss Steven Jacobs (David Oyelowo) likes...
- 8/5/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Synopsis: The Planet of the Apes franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt. The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. Starring: James Franco as Will Rodman Andy Serkis as Caesar Freida Pinto as Caroline Tyler Labine as Franklin John Lithgow as Charles Rodman Brian Cox as Hank Landon Tom Felton as Dodge Landon David Oyelowo as Steve Jacobs Release Date: August 5th, 2011. (Us)...
- 7/24/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Watch the latest clips from 20th Century Fox’s upcoming Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. In another inventive villainous turn, Tom Felton’s Dodge (just one of many nods to the classic 1968 Planet Of The Apes) has a run in with Caesar.
With only two weeks left until the film bows, watch as Caesar is left in the hands of Brian Cox’s Landon, to live among other apes within the confines of the San Bruno Primate Sanctuary. But unknown to Will, the .sanctuary. is more like a shoddily run prison . a dumping ground for unwanted or abandoned apes
Because he.s not the physically strongest ape in the facility, Caesar quickly realizes that in order to survive he must assert his intellectual dominance over the fearsome alpha-male ape Rocket, a beastly brooding angry gorilla named Buck, and a psychologically damaged orangutan named Maurice. Caesar soon prevails over the other apes,...
With only two weeks left until the film bows, watch as Caesar is left in the hands of Brian Cox’s Landon, to live among other apes within the confines of the San Bruno Primate Sanctuary. But unknown to Will, the .sanctuary. is more like a shoddily run prison . a dumping ground for unwanted or abandoned apes
Because he.s not the physically strongest ape in the facility, Caesar quickly realizes that in order to survive he must assert his intellectual dominance over the fearsome alpha-male ape Rocket, a beastly brooding angry gorilla named Buck, and a psychologically damaged orangutan named Maurice. Caesar soon prevails over the other apes,...
- 7/22/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Synopsis: The Planet of the Apes franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt. The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. More Rise of the Planet of the Apes Videos Starring: James Franco as Will Rodman Andy Serkis as Caesar Freida Pinto as Caroline Tyler Labine as Franklin John Lithgow as Charles Rodman Brian Cox as Hank Landon Tom Felton as Dodge Landon David Oyelowo as Steve Jacobs Release Date: August 5th, 2011. (Us)...
- 7/21/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Synopsis: The Planet of the Apes franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt. The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. More Rise of the Planet of the Apes Videos Starring: James Franco as Will Rodman Andy Serkis as Caesar Freida Pinto as Caroline Tyler Labine as Franklin John Lithgow as Charles Rodman Brian Cox as Hank Landon Tom Felton as Dodge Landon David Oyelowo as Steve Jacobs Release Date: August 5th, 2011. (Us)...
- 7/20/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Synopsis: The Planet of the Apes franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt. The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. Many thanks to IGN Movies for the following. More Rise of the Planet of the Apes Videos Starring: James Franco as Will Rodman Andy Serkis as Caesar Freida Pinto as Caroline Tyler Labine as Franklin John Lithgow as Charles Rodman Brian Cox as Hank Landon Tom Felton as Dodge Landon David Oyelowo as Steve Jacobs Release Date: August 5th, 2011. (Us)...
- 7/20/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
Synopsis: The Planet of the Apes franchise gets the origin treatment in this 20th Century Fox production from director Rupert Wyatt. The script, written by Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa, concerns a group of American scientists whose genetic experiments lead to an uprising by a race of intelligent apes that they helped create. James Franco stars, with Freida Pinto and John Lithgow heading up the rest of the cast. Starring: James Franco as Will Rodman Andy Serkis as Caesar Freida Pinto as Caroline Tyler Labine as Franklin John Lithgow as Charles Rodman Brian Cox as Hank Landon Tom Felton as Dodge Landon David Oyelowo as Steve Jacobs Release Date: August 5th, 2011. (Us)...
- 7/18/2011
- ComicBookMovie.com
[1] It looks like 20th Century Fox's Planet of the Apes prequel/reboot is getting retitled, yet again. When the project was first announced the script was titled Ceasar, a reference to the character in the fourth Apes movie, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, who perpetrates the Ape revolt. The project was later named Caesar: Rise of the Apes, and then more simply, Rise of the Apes, in the early marketing/publicity materials. But apparently Fox wanted to keep the title more in line with the previous installments to the francise. The new title of the movie is Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Expect to see the title on the first movie trailer, which is expected to hit theaters on April 15th 2011. Cbm [2] was the first to report the new title, which I have confirmed with Fox. I actually saw fans in early comments and talkbacks...
- 4/6/2011
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Rise of the Apes is a summer blockbuster again! Having originally moved the half ‘Ape’ prequel/half reboot from it’s June 24th date to the crowded but lucrative Thanksgiving weekend on November 23rd, 20th Century Fox have switched dates for the second time and the movie will now open August 5th.
Fox commented on their twitter account that the new date pushes Apes as the “last big event movie of the summer” and now the movie is less than five months away, I guess we can expect a marketing campaign to finally get underway as all we’ve seen so far is an Ape-less still of James Franco.
Rise of the Apes is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
James Franco leads...
Fox commented on their twitter account that the new date pushes Apes as the “last big event movie of the summer” and now the movie is less than five months away, I guess we can expect a marketing campaign to finally get underway as all we’ve seen so far is an Ape-less still of James Franco.
Rise of the Apes is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
James Franco leads...
- 3/23/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Steve Jacobs has revealed that his wife will be a "natural" mother. The Australian weather presenter, who recently revealed that he and wife Rose are expecting their first child later this year, said that he always knew she would be very "maternal". Jacobs told Woman's Day magazine: "I think she'll be the most natural mum in the world. That's one of the things I knew from the minute I met her. Rose is most happy when she's (more)...
- 3/11/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Steve Jacobs has revealed that he is going to be a father for the first time. The 44-year-old Australian weather presenter, who recently covered the Queensland flooding and Cyclone Yasi for Today, said that he only worried about his wife Rose and their unborn child during the natural disasters. Jacobs told Woman's Day magazine: "It's certainly been a huge few weeks. Cyclone (more)...
- 3/1/2011
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Either 20th Century Fox are confident that the simple sight of the ubiquitous James Franco and his current popularity is enough to start generating interest or, they have a desire to hold back on showing us the photo realistic Weta digital/Andy Serkis created apes for now, with the release of this frankly un-inspiring first pic from the series prequel Rise of the Apes. Though the movie was recently set back from June to open the Thanksgiving weekend, so I guess there’s no reason to overwhelm us this early with the money shots of the now CGI creature.
Rise’ is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
James Franco leads as the scientist responsible for the ape uprising and who initially takes Caesar...
Rise’ is an origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man’s own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy.
James Franco leads as the scientist responsible for the ape uprising and who initially takes Caesar...
- 2/25/2011
- by Neil Upton
- Obsessed with Film
From The Fountainhead to Blade Runner, the way films portray buildings and architects has nothing to do with reality, right? You'd be surprised
Howard Roark is, up to a point, a plausible name for an architect, but I am less convinced by Stourley Kracklite. Roark, played by Gary Cooper in King Vidor's schlockfest The Fountainhead is a picture of toned muscle and angst, handy with a rock drill and brutal in his wooing. In contrast Kracklite, played by Brian Dennehy in Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect, has a waistline that authentically overwhelms his belt in the manner pioneered by the 20-stone James Stirling.
Both films have always fascinated me. In the case of The Fountainhead, it's not so much Roark – a tortured genius somewhere between Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright – who's the special attraction, although it's hard not to warm to an architect who, rather than see his work compromised,...
Howard Roark is, up to a point, a plausible name for an architect, but I am less convinced by Stourley Kracklite. Roark, played by Gary Cooper in King Vidor's schlockfest The Fountainhead is a picture of toned muscle and angst, handy with a rock drill and brutal in his wooing. In contrast Kracklite, played by Brian Dennehy in Peter Greenaway's The Belly of an Architect, has a waistline that authentically overwhelms his belt in the manner pioneered by the 20-stone James Stirling.
Both films have always fascinated me. In the case of The Fountainhead, it's not so much Roark – a tortured genius somewhere between Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright – who's the special attraction, although it's hard not to warm to an architect who, rather than see his work compromised,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Deyan Sudjic
- The Guardian - Film News
Rise of the Apes or Caesar: Rise of the Apes (probably a new title of the movie) update!
David Oyelowo, probably best known from titles like The Last King of Scotland, As You Like It, Who Do You Love and Derailed has been offered the role of Steve Jacobs in the upcoming Rupert Wyatt’s Planet of the Apes prequel.
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series) will also join the cast.
The actors will join cast that already includes James Franco (as a scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes), Frieda Pinto (as a primatologist who helps Franco), John Lithgow (Franco’s father), Andy Serkis (as Caesar, the chimp who leads the simian revolt) and previously reported Brian Cox (as the villainous owner of a primate sanctuary). Felton will play the son of Cox’s character.
Movie is “an origin...
David Oyelowo, probably best known from titles like The Last King of Scotland, As You Like It, Who Do You Love and Derailed has been offered the role of Steve Jacobs in the upcoming Rupert Wyatt’s Planet of the Apes prequel.
Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy from the Harry Potter series) will also join the cast.
The actors will join cast that already includes James Franco (as a scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes), Frieda Pinto (as a primatologist who helps Franco), John Lithgow (Franco’s father), Andy Serkis (as Caesar, the chimp who leads the simian revolt) and previously reported Brian Cox (as the villainous owner of a primate sanctuary). Felton will play the son of Cox’s character.
Movie is “an origin...
- 7/17/2010
- by Fiona
- Filmofilia
David Oyelowo ("Spooks," "The Last King of Scotland") and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy in the "Harry Potter" films) have been offered roles in Rupert Wyatt’s "Rise of the Apes" for 20th Century Fox says Bloody Disgusting and Variety.
Oyelowo would play Steve Jacobs, the head of the company board of directors pushing the next stage of clinical trials on the lab apes.
Felton would play the son of Brian Cox's character, the villainous owner of a primate facility. Filming on the project kicks off later this month.
Oyelowo would play Steve Jacobs, the head of the company board of directors pushing the next stage of clinical trials on the lab apes.
Felton would play the son of Brian Cox's character, the villainous owner of a primate facility. Filming on the project kicks off later this month.
- 7/17/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
You may remember David Oyelowo was cast as Martin Luther King, Jr. in the upcoming Lee Daniels-directed civil rights drama, Selma. Oyelowo has had some pretty impressive roles already, including parts in The Last King Of Scotland, A Sound Of Thunder, Derailed, and As You Like It. Oyelowo has been offered a part in the upcoming Planet Of The Apes prequel Rise Of The Apes. Oyelowo would play the character of Steve Jacobs. /Film reports that the Jacobs character is a member of the board of directors that announces clinical trials on the apes.
Read more on David Oyelowo could join Rise Of The Apes…...
Read more on David Oyelowo could join Rise Of The Apes…...
- 7/16/2010
- by Ronnita Miller
- GordonandtheWhale
David Oyelowo (The Last King of Scotland, A Sound of Thunder, Derailed) has been offered a role in The Escapist helmer Rupert Wyatt's Planet of the Apes prequel Rise of the Apes. Bloody Disgusting reports that 20th Century Fox has offered Oyelowo the role of Steve Jacobs, the board of directors who announces phase 2, clinical trials. Oyelowo will join James Franco (Spider-Man/Milk) who is set to play the lead, "a young, driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes." Other co-stars include John Lithgow, who plays Franco's father, also a scientist, Don Cheadle (Iron Man 2), Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire), who plays a primatologist who helps Franco, Brian Cox will play "the villainous owner of a primate sanctuary who runs the facility without compassion for the animals that live there," and Andy Serkis, who will play Caesar, the chimp who leads the...
- 7/15/2010
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
Bloody Disgusting learned today that David Oyelowo (The Last King of Scotland) was offered the role of "Steve Jacobs" in Twentieth Century Fox's Rise Of The Apes, their Planet of the Apes prequel that just sounds like weaker version of I Am Legend. If he agrees, he'll join James Franco, John Lithgow, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, and Brian Cox in the Rupert Wyatt directed pic hitting theaters June 24, 2011. Apes is set in present day San Francisco and deals with the aftermath of man's experiments with genetic engineering that lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. Franco will play a driven scientist who becomes a crucial figure in the war between humans and apes.
- 7/15/2010
- bloody-disgusting.com
Steve Jacobs and Rose Kelly have recently got married. The Australian Today show weatherman, who proposed to Foxtel Weather Channel presenter Kelly in February last year, exchanged vows in a relaxed beach ceremony in Bali at the end of May. Speaking about the day, Jacobs told Woman's Day magazine: "It was beautiful to know my princess was becoming my queen." He also described his proposal last year, saying: "It was Rose's 30th in February last year, and (more)...
- 6/10/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the festival in Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy. - Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the...
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Compared with last year, Fortissmo Films come packing with only a single title, but that doesn't mean their sales agent won't be spending pretty much the entire festival from their rented office balcony. They signed a fairly ambitious deal with Fox - first time I've heard of a major studio outputting their titles to a films sales company of this nature and they've got one receiving a world preem at the festival in Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy (see pic) has the unique distinction of being from a first-timer – it's a rare feat to see a first timer in the Main Comp – so, we might be looking at a gem here folks. Among the hot titles on the sales side of things is Anh Hung Tran's Norwegian Wood – a pic that I was sure was going to land a spot in Cannes this year, but appears to still be in post prod.
- 5/12/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
Chicago – One of our best living actors, John Malkovich, drives the very good drama “Disgrace” with the subtlety of his decisions as an actor reflected back in a complicated script based on the acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning novel by J.M. Coatzee. This is a rare film willing to leave some questions unanswered and to be content with the knowledge that life is full of gray moral areas more often than black and white.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Malkovich plays the supremely cocky David Lurie, a Professor at the University of Cape Town. We meet David sleeping with a prostitute and watch as he later beds a gorgeous student named Melanie (Antoinette Engel), a girl literally less than half his age. David is one of those men almost proud of the fact that he does as he chooses. He doesn’t literally rape Melanie, but her reaction to their sex together makes it...
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.0/5.0
Malkovich plays the supremely cocky David Lurie, a Professor at the University of Cape Town. We meet David sleeping with a prostitute and watch as he later beds a gorgeous student named Melanie (Antoinette Engel), a girl literally less than half his age. David is one of those men almost proud of the fact that he does as he chooses. He doesn’t literally rape Melanie, but her reaction to their sex together makes it...
- 5/5/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Since Moses brought the tablets down from the mountain, lists have come in tens, not that we couldn't have done with several more commandments. Who says a year has Ten Best Films, anyway? Nobody but readers, editors, and most other movie critics. There was hell to pay last year when I published my list of Twenty Best. You'd have thought I belched at a funeral. So this year I have devoutly limited myself to exactly ten films.
On each of two lists.
The lists are divided into Mainstream Films and Independent Films. This neatly sidesteps two frequent complaints: (1) "You name all those little films most people have never heard of," and (2) "You pick all blockbusters and ignore the indie pictures." Which is is my official Top Ten? They both are equal, and every film here is entitled to name itself "One of the Year's 10 Best!"
Alphabetically:
¶ The Top 10 Mainstream Films
Bad Lieutenant.
On each of two lists.
The lists are divided into Mainstream Films and Independent Films. This neatly sidesteps two frequent complaints: (1) "You name all those little films most people have never heard of," and (2) "You pick all blockbusters and ignore the indie pictures." Which is is my official Top Ten? They both are equal, and every film here is entitled to name itself "One of the Year's 10 Best!"
Alphabetically:
¶ The Top 10 Mainstream Films
Bad Lieutenant.
- 12/30/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
This decent, extremely faithful adaptation of Nobel laureate Jm Coetzee's 1999 Booker-winning novel is the work of an Australian team led by director Steve Jacobs and screenwriter Anna Maria Monticelli. John Malkovich stars as the arrogant 52-year-old David Lurie, a lecturer in English literature at a Cape Town university, who loses his job after refusing to apologise sufficiently for an affair with a coloured student and then joins his lesbian daughter at a remote farm where she is raped by three young marauding black men. The contrasted ways father and daughter react to this terrible act define their responses to a radical social change.
Disgrace is both a compelling human fable and a complex, ambiguous allegory of post-apartheid South Africa, raising issues about white guilt, black vengeance, the shift in political power and the problems occasioned by the country's deeply divided past and problematically shared future. Malkovich invariably plays men apart...
Disgrace is both a compelling human fable and a complex, ambiguous allegory of post-apartheid South Africa, raising issues about white guilt, black vengeance, the shift in political power and the problems occasioned by the country's deeply divided past and problematically shared future. Malkovich invariably plays men apart...
- 12/6/2009
- by Philip French
- The Guardian - Film News
The Box (12A)
(Richard Kelly, 2009, Us) Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella. 116 mins
Will Kelly ever make another movie as good as Donnie Darko? There are signs here that he might, but he hasn't this time. The Twilight Zone plot – press the button on this box and you'll get $1m, but someone will die – opens up more moral/conspiracy/sci-fi elements than the film can handle. Still, too much is better than not enough, especially when it's as smoothly sinister, visually sophisticated and borderline bonkers as this.
Me And Orson Welles (12A)
(Richard Linklater, 2008, Us/UK) Zac Efron, Claire Danes. 114 mins
Efron graduates from High School backstage to Welles's 1930s theatre troupe in this sweet coming-of-age flick, holding his own against Christian McKay's rakish, bombastic Welles – even when they fall for the same girl.
Cracks (15)
(Jordan Scott, 2009, UK) Eva Green, Juno Temple. 104 mins
Set within the confines of a posh girls' boarding school,...
(Richard Kelly, 2009, Us) Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella. 116 mins
Will Kelly ever make another movie as good as Donnie Darko? There are signs here that he might, but he hasn't this time. The Twilight Zone plot – press the button on this box and you'll get $1m, but someone will die – opens up more moral/conspiracy/sci-fi elements than the film can handle. Still, too much is better than not enough, especially when it's as smoothly sinister, visually sophisticated and borderline bonkers as this.
Me And Orson Welles (12A)
(Richard Linklater, 2008, Us/UK) Zac Efron, Claire Danes. 114 mins
Efron graduates from High School backstage to Welles's 1930s theatre troupe in this sweet coming-of-age flick, holding his own against Christian McKay's rakish, bombastic Welles – even when they fall for the same girl.
Cracks (15)
(Jordan Scott, 2009, UK) Eva Green, Juno Temple. 104 mins
Set within the confines of a posh girls' boarding school,...
- 12/5/2009
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Almost transcendental levels of humiliation await John Malkovich in a faithful adaptation of Jm Coetzee's award-winning novel
Jm Coetzee's 1999 Booker prizewinner, set in post-apartheid South Africa, has been respectfully transformed into a heartfelt, intelligent film with two very good performances at its centre. John Malkovich is the white Cape Town academic David Lurie, whose seduction of a mixed-race student initiates the first phase of a catastrophic personal downfall. Jessica Haines plays his grownup daughter Lucy, the intimate witness-participant in his ruin.
In its opening act, Professor Lurie's story runs along lines familiar from Philip Roth novels such as The Human Stain and A Dying Animal – both translated into movies of varying quality. Liberal academic males of a certain age defy the approaching chill of death and professional obsolescence, clinging fiercely to their passionate rapture for women's bodies and a refusal to concede culpability in the face of political correctness. Added to all this,...
Jm Coetzee's 1999 Booker prizewinner, set in post-apartheid South Africa, has been respectfully transformed into a heartfelt, intelligent film with two very good performances at its centre. John Malkovich is the white Cape Town academic David Lurie, whose seduction of a mixed-race student initiates the first phase of a catastrophic personal downfall. Jessica Haines plays his grownup daughter Lucy, the intimate witness-participant in his ruin.
In its opening act, Professor Lurie's story runs along lines familiar from Philip Roth novels such as The Human Stain and A Dying Animal – both translated into movies of varying quality. Liberal academic males of a certain age defy the approaching chill of death and professional obsolescence, clinging fiercely to their passionate rapture for women's bodies and a refusal to concede culpability in the face of political correctness. Added to all this,...
- 12/4/2009
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
This week's edition, hosted by Xan Brooks, hops from talking film and theatre with actor Claire Danes, to discussing the politics of post-apartheid South Africa with the director of Disgrace, to reviewing Steven Soderbergh's portrait of a high-class hooker, The Girlfriend Experience.
First up, Claire Danes, who burst on to the screen in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, tells Jason Solomons about starring in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles opposite Zac Efron. She discusses her career to date – combining small films with blockbusters such as Terminator 3 and starring on Broadway as Eliza in Pygmalion – and how Efron's performance in the film will surprise everyone.
Xan Brooks then chats with Steve Jacobs, the Australian actor turned director who has made a solid adaptation of Jm Coetzee's Booker prize winning novel Disgrace. The film stars John Malkovich as a shamed professor who finds refuge on his daughter's farm in post-apartheid South Africa,...
First up, Claire Danes, who burst on to the screen in Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet, tells Jason Solomons about starring in Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles opposite Zac Efron. She discusses her career to date – combining small films with blockbusters such as Terminator 3 and starring on Broadway as Eliza in Pygmalion – and how Efron's performance in the film will surprise everyone.
Xan Brooks then chats with Steve Jacobs, the Australian actor turned director who has made a solid adaptation of Jm Coetzee's Booker prize winning novel Disgrace. The film stars John Malkovich as a shamed professor who finds refuge on his daughter's farm in post-apartheid South Africa,...
- 12/3/2009
- by Xan Brooks, Peter Bradshaw, Jason Phipps, Observer
- The Guardian - Film News
Theo Tait on the transition from page to screen of Coetzee's novel
It's often said that good novels make bad films: they're too nuanced, too complex, too long to fit into a slot two hours long. Readers don't thank film-makers for trampling on their treasured mental visions of a book – for making Sebastian Flyte shout "All you ever wanted was to fuck my sister!" at Charles Ryder, as in last year's film of Brideshead Revisited, or for casting Demi Moore as Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter or Nicolas Cage as Captain Corelli. The resulting adaptations tend to be, at worst, a travesty (Bonfire of the Vanities, Love in the Time of Cholera) and, at best, faithful and bloodless (Atonement, Revolutionary Road) – weighed down by the desire to do justice to a big reputation.
Few contemporary novels have a bigger reputation than Disgrace, Jm Coetzee's chilly, shocking 1999 tale of post-apartheid South Africa,...
It's often said that good novels make bad films: they're too nuanced, too complex, too long to fit into a slot two hours long. Readers don't thank film-makers for trampling on their treasured mental visions of a book – for making Sebastian Flyte shout "All you ever wanted was to fuck my sister!" at Charles Ryder, as in last year's film of Brideshead Revisited, or for casting Demi Moore as Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter or Nicolas Cage as Captain Corelli. The resulting adaptations tend to be, at worst, a travesty (Bonfire of the Vanities, Love in the Time of Cholera) and, at best, faithful and bloodless (Atonement, Revolutionary Road) – weighed down by the desire to do justice to a big reputation.
Few contemporary novels have a bigger reputation than Disgrace, Jm Coetzee's chilly, shocking 1999 tale of post-apartheid South Africa,...
- 11/28/2009
- The Guardian - Film News
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- 10/18/2009
- Films N Movies
Chicago – In a stark and compelling tale of naked vulnerability, John Malkovich becomes the centerpiece of the continuing battle for territory and humanity within the country of South Africa, in the newly released “Disgrace.”
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Based on a novel by J.M. Coetzee, Malkovich portrays David Lurie, a Cape Town university professor who gets caught up in a career-ending scandal involving an affair with a mixed race student. Forced out of his realm, he takes up residence with his estranged daughter, a frontier practitioner living off the unyielding but beautiful country far from civilization.
Reduced to menial labor and an ascetic lifestyle, the professorial Lurie is useless when a gang of rebels raid the modest house, attacking him and raping his daughter. Forced now to deal with both his weakness and the lack of justice in the harsh territory, Lurie must come to terms with his own perceptions and face the...
Rating: 4.0/5.0 Based on a novel by J.M. Coetzee, Malkovich portrays David Lurie, a Cape Town university professor who gets caught up in a career-ending scandal involving an affair with a mixed race student. Forced out of his realm, he takes up residence with his estranged daughter, a frontier practitioner living off the unyielding but beautiful country far from civilization.
Reduced to menial labor and an ascetic lifestyle, the professorial Lurie is useless when a gang of rebels raid the modest house, attacking him and raping his daughter. Forced now to deal with both his weakness and the lack of justice in the harsh territory, Lurie must come to terms with his own perceptions and face the...
- 9/26/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
A lethal look at the after-shock of apartheid. Tough to watch but bearing a powerful message Emerging director Steve Jacobs pulled one out of the hat with this soon to be indie hit starring John Malkovich, Jessica Haines and Eriq Ebouaney. Unlike Malkovich.s previous performances this one has not a hint of comedy. Those in the theatre who laugh at first seeing him cast as a college professor have another impression coming. He is as serious as armed assault in this dramatic thriller set in post apartheid South Africa. One has to wonder if his past casting awards foreshadowed Director Jacobs great fortune in getting Malkovich signed up for this part. In any event the result is fantastic. This...
- 9/23/2009
- by Ron Wilkinson
- Monsters and Critics
It’s easy to talk about why adaptations don’t work when they distort their source material, but it’s harder when they stay faithful, yet still fall short. Disgrace brings J.M. Coetzee’s post-apartheid novel to the screen with all the weighty themes and difficult characters intact, and it features a remarkable lead performance from John Malkovich. And yet, after a compelling opening act and some shocking late-film developments, the film feels disengaged from the action at hand and the issues raised. It’s as if director Steve Jacobs and his screenwriting partner Anna Maria Monticelli set out ...
- 9/17/2009
- avclub.com
Steve Jacobs’ Disgrace stars John Malkovich as a college professor in Cape Town, South Africa who is forced out of his job when he has an affair with a student. The book Disgrace was written by J.M. Coetzee and won the Booker Prize in 1999; it was adapted into a screenplay by producer Anna Maria Monticelli. Jacobs took the time to answer some of MovieMaker’s questions about adapting a beloved work of literature and getting funding for a film that tackles difficult and important themes such as race and sexuality.
- 9/17/2009
- MovieMaker.com
Translating great works of literature to the screen is a daunting task; filmmakers open themselves up to comparison, and do not usually measure up to readers' standards. (Notable exceptions: The Remains of the Day, To Kill a Mockingbird, and a few others come to mind.) In the case of Disgrace, however, the elegant and chilling film opening this week is a testament to the care and respect paid to the novel by producer Julio DePietro, director Steve Jacobs, writer Anna Maria Monticelli, and stars John Malkovich and Jessica Haines. J.M. Coetzee's novel Disgrace caused quite a stir upon its publication in 1999. On the surface, the story is of a snobbish Cape Town literature professor who falls from grace after an affair with a student, visits his daughter on her farm in the country, and suffers as the victim of a horrible crime. Readers who dug a little deeper, however,...
- 9/15/2009
- TribecaFilm.com
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